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. 2009 Nov 23;9:136. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-136

Table 1.

Overview of the different types of EULs and their occurrence in plants.

Different types of EUL Plant species
Type S: Proteins with a single EUL domain

Type S0 Proteins consisting of an EUL domain only Euonymus europaeus, Plantago major, Zea mays, Selaginella moellendorfii
Type S1 Proteins consisting of an EUL domain preceded by a short (<50 AA) unrelated N-terminal sequence Physcomitrella patens, Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Selaginella moellendorfii
Type S2 Proteins consisting of an EUL domain preceded by a medium long (50-100 AA) unrelated N-terminal sequence. Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Lactuca sp., Pinus taeda, Picea sitchensis
Type S3 Proteins consisting of an EUL domain preceded by a long (>100 AA) unrelated N-terminal sequence. Arabidopsis thaliana, Medicago truncatula, Vitis vinifera, Populus trichocarpa, Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, ...
Type S4 Proteins consisting of a medium long (50-100 AA) unrelated N-terminal sequence, an EUL domain, and a short (<50) C-terminal extension. Selaginella moellendorfii
Type S5a/S5b Proteins consisting of a short (<50) unrelated N-terminal sequence, an EUL domain, and a short (<50) or medium long (50-100 AA) C-terminal extension. Marchantia polymorpha
Type Sv Proteins consisting of an EUL domain preceded by a short unrelated N-terminal sequence containing a signal peptide (vacuolar form of the EUL). Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Selaginella moellendorfii

Type D: Proteins with two in tandem arrayed EUL domains

Type D0 Proteins consisting of two in tandem arrayed EUL domains separated by a short (<40 AA residues) linker and without N-terminal extension. Selaginella moellendorfii
Type D1 Proteins consisting of two in tandem arrayed EUL domains separated by a short (<40 AA residues) linker and preceded by a short (15-35 AA residues) N-terminal extension Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Pinus taeda, Picea sitchensis, Physcomitrella patens
Type D2 Proteins consisting of two in tandem arrayed EUL domains separated by a long (>40 AA residues) linker and preceded by a short (10-35 AA residues) N-terminal extension Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, Pinus taeda, Picea sitchensis,
Type D3 Proteins consisting of two in tandem arrayed EUL domains separated by a short (<40 AA residues) linker and preceded by a long (>50 AA residues) N-terminal extension Selaginella moellendorfii
Type D4 Proteins consisting of two in tandem arrayed EUL-related domains separated by a short (<40 AA residues) linker and without N-terminal extension. Note that the domains of these proteins share only low sequence similarity with the genuine EUL domains. Selaginella moellendorfii

A schematic overview of the different types is shown in Fig. 1.